Error Detection And Correction News Today

With the first quarter drawing to a close, here's a recap of the most exciting AMD Linux/open-source news from the quarter

The Linux 6.9 changes for the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem are heavy on the AMD changes.

For the upcoming Linux 6.9 kernel cycle there are a number of AMD Instinct MI300 additions to the EDAC (Error Detection And Correction) and RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) drivers.

The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem updates for Linux 6.8 have been submitted for dealing with ECC reporting under Linux and the other error detection/recovery driver updates.

A new unreleased model in the AMD Instinct MI300 AI accelerator lineup has surfaced, reportedly being a CPU-only variant.

A new unreleased model in the AMD Instinct MI300 AI accelerator lineup has surfaced, reportedly being a CPU-only variant.

Coelacanth Dream discovers the MI300C, a third variant of the MI300, in Linuxs EDAC (Error Detection And Correction) driver.

The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem updates have been submitted today on this first day of the Linux 6.5 merge window

The AMD EDAC Linux driver for Error Detection And Correction of AMD x86_64 CPU/memory errors is now being extended for handling AMD data center GPUs like the Instinct MI200 series and newer where any error reporting/correction information can now be propagated to this existing driver.

As part of Intel's ongoing Linux support preparations for next year's Sierra Forest processors that will feature up to 144 Xeon E cores per socket, the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) driver support is set to be added for the upcoming Linux 6.4 kernel cycle.